2012–13 Russian Premier League
| Season | 2012–13 |
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| Champions | CSKA Moscow |
| Relegated |
Mordovia Saransk Alania Vladikavkaz |
| Champions League |
CSKA Moscow Zenit St. Petersburg |
| Europa League |
Anzhi Makhachkala Spartak Moscow Kuban Krasnodar Rubin Kazan |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 627 (2.61 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Yura Movsisyan Wánderson (13 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
Alania 5–0 Terek Zenit 5–0 Spartak Krasnodar 6–1 Mordovia |
| Biggest away win | Krylia Sovetov 0–5 Spartak |
| Highest scoring | Kuban 6–2 Volga |
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The 2012–13 Russian Premier League was the 21st season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and 11th under the current Russian Premier League name. It began on 21 July 2012 and ended on 26 May 2013, with a winter break between the weekends around 13 December 2012 and 10 March 2013.
16 teams from 12 cities compete in the season, with Zenit St. Petersburg as defending champions. For the first time since 2005, no Siberian clubs take part.
This was the first season in Russian football history to be played on the basis of the autumn/spring calendar, rather than the spring/autumn schedule traditionally used in Russia due to climate conditions.
A total of sixteen teams participate in the league, the best fourteen sides of the 2011–12 season and two promoted clubs from the 2011–12 National Football League.
The following teams are mathematically confirmed to compete in the 2012–13 season:
Tom Tomsk and Spartak Nalchik were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season after finishing the season in the bottom two places. Both teams returned to the First Division after respectively seven and six seasons in top level.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2011–12 First Division champions Mordovia Saransk and runners-up Alania Vladikavkaz. Former Russian champions Alania made their immediate return to the Premier League, while Mordovia are playing their first season at the highest football level of Russia.
Last updated: 26 May 2013
The 16 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams twice, once at home and once away. Thus, a total of 240 matches will be played, with 30 matches played by each team.
The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to the FNL, while the top two FNL teams will be promoted to the Premier League for the 2013/14 season.
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